Kepler-384

Planetary system · 2921.3 light-years away

Kepler-384 is 2,921 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,577 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-384 b goes round its star every 22.6 days, 4 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,577 K
Mass0.882 solar masses
Radius0.882 solar radii
Luminosity2.488 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.734
Ageabout 12.88 billion years
Distance from the Sun2921.3 light-years (895.7 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 286.0261°, Dec 44.7829°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-384 b22.6 days0.148 AU1.12 R⊕1.46 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-384 c45.3 days0.236 AU1.13 R⊕1.51 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014

Values are the NASA Exoplanet Archive’s composite parameters. A radius marked estimated comes from a mass–radius relation; a mass marked minimum is M sin i. Planet sizes and colours in the 3D view are renderings: none of these worlds has been photographed as more than a point of light.

The planets, compared

For a star of 5,577 K, 2.5 times as bright as the Sun, the habitable zone, where starlight could keep water liquid on a rocky surface, runs from about 1.52 to 2.69 AU. None of its known planets orbits inside it. The zone says how much starlight arrives, not whether a planet has water or air. The edges follow Kopparapu et al. (2014), as the 3D view draws them.

The light you see left 2,921 years ago, around 900 BC.

Nearest systems to it

Also found by Kepler

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